Thermophotovoltaic and photovoltaic conversion at high-flux densities

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2145-2153

  Coutts, Timothy J ^a   Ward, James S ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; COOLING SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; MAGNETIC FLUX; PHOTONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; THERMAL LOAD;

BACK SURFACE REFLECTOR; BLACK BODY SPECTRUM; MICROCHANNEL COOLING SYSTEM; THERMALIZATION; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION;

EID: 0033328651     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.792010     Document Type: Article

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